Jim Cornette
Acting • Born 1961-09-17
Biography
James Mark "Jim" Cornette is an American author and podcaster who has previously worked in the professional wrestling industry as an agent, booker, color commentator, manager, promoter, trainer, and occasional professional wrestler. He is widely considered to be one of the greatest managers in wrestling history, due to his extraordinary mic skills. During his career, he has worked for the Continental Wrestling Association, Mid-South Wrestling, World Class Championship Wrestling, Jim Crockett Promotions, World Championship Wrestling, the World Wrestling Federation (now called WWE), Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (now called Impact Wrestling), and Ring of Honor. From 1991 to 1995, he was the owner and head booker of Smoky Mountain Wrestling, and from 1999 to 2005, was the co-owner, head booker, and head trainer of Ohio Valley Wrestling. During the later years of his career, Cornette focused primarily on backstage positions and transitioned away from his role as an on-screen manager. In 2017, Cornette retired from managing. During a transitional period prior to the retirement, he worked as an on-screen "authority figure" character in Total Nonstop Action Wrestling and Ring of Honor, promotions where he also held backstage positions. Cornette has also had an extensive commentary career, most recently serving as a color commentator for Major League Wrestling, What Culture Pro Wrestling, and the National Wrestling Alliance. Cornette is a member of the NWA, Wrestling Observer Newsletter, Memphis, and Professional Wrestling Hall of Fames. Cornette is also noted for his long-standing real-life feud with fellow professional wrestling booker Vince Russo; in June 2017, Russo filed a restraining order (EPO) against Cornette for stalking. The Cornette vs. Russo feud has been featured on two episodes of Viceland's Dark Side of the Ring series.
Filmography
160 credits
Heroes of World Class
Movie • 2006
Jim Cornette
WWE Action Zone!
Movie • 1997
James E. Cornette (Manager)
WWE Paul Bearer's Hits From the Crypt
Movie • 1994
James E. Cornette (Manager)
WWE WrestleFest '95
Movie • 1995
James E. Cornette (Manager)
German Fan Favorites
Movie • 1994
James E. Cornette
Razor Ramon
Movie • 1994
James E. Cornette (Manager)
Queen of the Ring
Movie • 2025
NWA Commissioner
TNA Bound for Glory IV
Movie • 2008
Jim Cornette (TNA Management)
TNA No Surrender 2006
Movie • 2006
Jim Cornette (TNA Management)
TNA Against All Odds 2009
Movie • 2009
Jim Cornette (TNA Management)
The Beautiful One: Bobby Eaton
Movie • 2019
Inside the Ropes: The Rise of the Attitude Era with Jim Cornette & Jim Ross
Movie • 2016
Guest Booker with Jim Cornette
Movie • 2009
WWE: Shawn Michaels - Boyhood Dream
Movie • 2004
Jim Cornette
WWF Sunday Night Slam • November 20th, 1994
Movie • 1994
WWE WrestleMania X-Seven
Movie • 2001
Jim Cornette
Undertaker: He Buries Them Alive!
Movie • 1994
James E. Cornette (Manager)
Jim Cornette: Uncut, Uncensored and Unleashed
Movie • 2014
A Corny In The UK: The Jim Cornette Documentary
Movie • 2014
Jim Cornette Live In Manchester
Movie • 2014
Jim Cornette Live In Birmingham
Movie • 2014
Jim Cornette Live In Cardiff
Movie • 2014
Jim Cornette Live In London
Movie • 2014
Jim Cornette Managing and Booking Seminar
Movie • 2014
The World's Greatest Wrestling Managers
Movie • 2006
Himself
Card Subject To Change
Movie • 2010
Self
AWA Monsters of the Mat: volume 1
Movie • 1986
Jim Cornette
Giants, Midgets, Heroes and Villains II
Movie • 2008
Jim Cornette (Manager)
Legends of Mid-South Wrestling
Movie • 2013
Himself
The Life And Times of Paul Boesch
Movie • 1994
Himself
Nature Boy
Movie • 2017
Self
Timeline: The History of WWE – 1997 – As Told By Jim Cornette
Movie • 2011
Self
Timeline: The History of WCW – 1989 – As Told By Jim Cornette
Movie • 2015
Self
WWE Royal Rumble 1998
Movie • 1998
James E. Cornette (Manager)
ROH: Wrath of The Racket
Movie • 2003
Himself
Road Warriors: The Life & Death of the Most Dominant Tag-Team in Wrestling History
Movie • 2005
Himself
Blood, Brawls and Grudges
Movie • 1995
Jim Cornette
Breaking Kayfabe with Jim Cornette
Movie • 2014
Jim Cornette
Timeline: The History of WCW – 1990 – As Told By Jim Cornette
Movie • 2017
Self
YouShoot: Jim Cornette
Movie • 2010
Self
YouShoot: Jim Cornette 2 - The Lost Questions
Movie • 2010
Self
Back To The Territories: Amarillo
Movie • 2016
Self
Back To The Territories: Georgia
Movie • 2017
Self
Back To The Territories: All Japan
Movie • 2017
Self
Back To The Territories: Indianapolis
Movie • 2016
Self
Back To The Territories: Florida
Movie • 2015
Self
Back To The Territories: Calgary
Movie • 2017
Self
Back To The Territories: Mid-Atlantic
Movie • 2015
Self
Back To The Territories: Mid-South
Movie • 2014
Self
Back To The Territories: AWA
Movie • 2016
Self
Back To The Territories: Puerto Rico
Movie • 2017
Self
Back To The Territories: Houston
Movie • 2018
Self
Ring Roasts III: The Roast of Jim Cornette
Movie • 2010
Self
WWE: Road Warriors - The Life & Death of the Most Dominant Tag-Team in Wrestling History
Movie • 2005
WWE: The World's Greatest Wrestling Managers
Movie • 2004
Jim Cornette Shoot Interview
Movie • 2000
Self
SMW Night of The Legends
Movie • 1994
Jim Cornette
ROH: All Star Extravaganza 2
Movie • 2004
Himself
TNA: The 50 Greatest Moments
Movie • 2006
Self
WWE United We Slam: The Best of The Great American Bash
Movie • 2014
Self
NWA Super Towns on The SuperStation
Movie • 1987
Himself
You Cannot Kill David Arquette
Movie • 2020
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Ospreay: The Rise of an International Pro Wrestler
Movie • 2020
NWA The Great American Bash '86: Livin' in the Promise Land
Movie • 1986
Himself (Manager)
NWA Bunkhouse Stampede
Movie • 1988
Himself
The Third Annual NWA Jim Crockett Sr. Memorial Cup Tag Team Tournament
Movie • 1988
Jim Cornette (Manager)
NWA Clash of the Champions
Movie • 1988
Jim Cornette (Manager)
NWA Clash of The Champions IV: Season's Beatings
Movie • 1988
Jim Cornette (Manager)
NWA Clash of The Champions V: St. Valentine's Massacre
Movie • 1989
Jim Cornette (Manager)
NWA Clash of The Champions VI: Ragin' Cajun
Movie • 1989
Jim Cornette (Manager)
NWA Chi-Town Rumble
Movie • 1989
Himself
NWA Clash of The Champions VII: Guts & Glory
Movie • 1989
Jim Cornette (Manager)
NWA The Great American Bash 1989
Movie • 1989
Himself
NWA Clash of The Champions IX: New York Knockout
Movie • 1989
Himself
WCW Halloween Havoc 1989
Movie • 1989
Himself
NWA Starrcade 1985
Movie • 1985
Jim Cornette
WCCW Christmas Star Wars '84
Movie • 1984
Jim Cornette (Manager)
WCCW Parade of Champions '85
Movie • 1985
Jim Cornette (Manager)
WCW WrestleWar 1990
Movie • 1990
Jim Cornette (Manager)
NWA Clash of the Champions XI: Coastal Crush
Movie • 1990
Jim Cornette (Manager)
WCW The Great American Bash 1990
Movie • 1990
Himself
WCW Halloween Havoc 1990
Movie • 1990
Himself
NWA Superstars on The SuperStation
Movie • 1986
Jim Cornette
The First Annual NWA Jim Crockett Sr. Memorial Cup Tag Team Tournament
Movie • 1986
Jim Cornette (Manager)
NWA Starrcade 1988
Movie • 1988
Jim Cornette (Manager)
TWA Winter Challenge II
Movie • 1991
Jim Cornette
NWA The Great American Bash '86 Tour: Charlotte
Movie • 1986
Jim Cornette (Manager)
NWA The Great American Bash '86 Tour: Greensboro
Movie • 1986
Himself
NWA Starrcade 1986
Movie • 1986
Himself
The Second Annual NWA Jim Crockett Sr. Memorial Cup Tag Team Tournament
Movie • 1987
Himself
NWA Starrcade 1987
Movie • 1987
Himself (Manager)
WWE WrestleMania XIV
Movie • 1998
James E. Cornette (Manager)
WWE In Your House 3: Triple Header
Movie • 1995
James E. Cornette
TWA Summer Sizzler II
Movie • 1991
Himself
WWE In Your House 4: Great White North
Movie • 1995
James E. Cornette
WWE Unforgiven: In Your House
Movie • 1998
James E. Cornette (Manager)
WWE Survivor Series 1995
Movie • 1995
James E. Cornette
WWE In Your House 5: Seasons Beatings
Movie • 1995
James E. Cornette (Manager)
WWE In Your House 6: Rage in the Cage
Movie • 1996
James E. Cornette (Manager)
WWE WrestleMania XII
Movie • 1996
James E. Cornette (Manager)
WWE In Your House 7: Good Friends, Better Enemies
Movie • 1996
James E. Cornette (Manager)
WWE In Your House 8: Beware of Dog
Movie • 1996
James E. Cornette (Manager)
WWE King of the Ring 1996
Movie • 1996
Jim Cornette (Manager)
WCW SuperBrawl III
Movie • 1993
Jim Cornette (Manager)
WWE King of the Ring 1998
Movie • 1998
James E. Cornette (Manager)
SMW Bluegrass Brawl 1993
Movie • 1993
Jim Cornette (Manager)
WWE In Your House 9: International Incident
Movie • 1996
James E. Cornette
SMW Fire on The Mountain 1993
Movie • 1993
Himself
WWE In Your House 10: Mind Games
Movie • 1996
James E. Cornette
WWE SummerSlam 1993
Movie • 1993
James E. Cornette (Manager)
WWE Survivor Series 1993
Movie • 1993
James E. Cornette (Manager)
SMW Thanksgiving Thunder 1993
Movie • 1993
Jim Cornette (Manager)
NWA 70th Anniversary Show
Movie • 2018
Jim Cornette
WWE Survivor Series 1996
Movie • 1996
James E. Cornette (Manager)
WWE Royal Rumble 1994
Movie • 1994
James E. Cornette (American Spokesman)
WWE In Your House 12: It's Time
Movie • 1996
James E. Cornette (Manager)
WWE March to WrestleMania X
Movie • 1994
James E. Cornette
WWE WrestleMania X
Movie • 1994
James E. Cornette (Manager)
WWE King of the Ring 1994
Movie • 1994
James E. Cornette (Manager)
SMW Volunteer Slam 1992
Movie • 1992
Himself
ROH: Midnight Express Reunion
Movie • 2004
TNA Sacrifice 2008
Movie • 2008
Jim Cornette (TNA Management)
SMW Fire on The Mountain 1992
Movie • 1992
Himself
WWE Survivor Series Showdown 1994
Movie • 1994
James E. Cornette (Manager)
WWE Survivor Series 1994
Movie • 1994
James E. Cornette (Manager)
WWE No Way Out of Texas: In Your House
Movie • 1998
James E. Cornette (Manager)
WWE WrestleMania XI
Movie • 1995
James E. Cornette (Manager)
WWE In Your House
Movie • 1995
James E. Cornette (Manager)
WWE King of the Ring 1995
Movie • 1995
James E. Cornette
WWE In Your House 2: Lumberjacks
Movie • 1995
James E. Cornette (Manager)
SMW Superbowl of Wrestling
Movie • 1995
James E. Cornette (Manager)
WWE: Greatest Wrestling Stars of the '90s
Movie • 2009
Jim Cornette
WWE SummerSlam Spectacular 1993
Movie • 1993
James E. Cornette
Bret "Hit Man" Hart
Movie • 1994
Jim Cornette
All Aboard the Lex Express
Movie • 1993
Jim Cornette
WWE Terminators '96
Movie • 1996
TNA iMPACT!
TV • 2004
Dark Side of the Ring
TV • 2019
Dark Side of the Ring
TV • 2019
Self
USA Championship Wrestling
TV • 2003
Jim Cornette
WWE Friday Night SmackDown
TV • 1999
Jim Cornette
ECW Extreme Fancam
TV • 1995
(uncredited)
WWF Wrestling Challenge
TV • 1986
Jim Cornette
NWA Powerrr
TV • 2019
Raw
TV • 1993
Jim Cornette
Raw
TV • 1993
James E. Cornette
Ohio Valley Wrestling TV
TV • 1998
WWE Table For 3
TV • 2015
Self
World Class Championship Wrestling
TV • 1982
Jim Cornette
WWE Old School
TV • 1973
James E. Cornette (Commentary)
Mid-South Wrestling
TV • 1981
Jimmy Cornette
Mid-South Wrestling
TV • 1981
Jim Cornette
Mid-Atlantic Championship Wrestling
TV • 1981
Jim Cornette
Smoky Mountain Wrestling
TV • 1994
Jim Cornette
NWA World Championship Wrestling
TV • 1985
Jim Cornette
NWA World Championship Wrestling
TV • 1985
Jim Cornette (Special Guest Commentator)
WWE Sunday Night Slam
TV • 1994
Jim Cornette
WCW Arena Shows
TV • 1983
Jim Cornette
Clash of the Champions
TV • 1988
Jim Cornette (Manager)
Clash of the Champions
TV • 1988
Himself